Sweden election 2018: Who is leading in the polls? Is the anti-EU party making ground?

EXCLUSIVE: The Sweden election is right around the corner and with less than three weeks to go, Eurosceptic party Sweden Democrats (SD) is on the rise. Who is currently leading in the polls and is the anti-EU party making ground?

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Sweden has three alliances: Left Party, Green Party and Social Democrats who form the leftist coalition, the Moderate Party, Centre Party, Liberals and Christian Democrats who form “The Alliance” and the Sweden Democrats who are currently standing alone.

None of the alliances currently holds a majority, but the leftist coalition comes closest with 148 seats, followed by The Alliance’s 129 and Sweden Democrats 72 seats.

This is split by the following:

Left party - 21

Social Democrats - 113

Green Party - 25

Centre Party - 22

Liberal Party - 19

Moderate party - 83

Christian Democrats - 16

Sweden Democrats - 42

The recent poll has shown the SD party are gaining voters for their strict policies on immigration, but they will need to team up with a different party to get enough seats to win the election.

What I would like to see happen is a strong government that can build on conservative ideas

Hanif Bali

In an exclusive interview with Express.co.uk Swedish MP for the Moderate Party, Hanif Bali has said he is open to forming a coalition government with the SD Party if that means more of his party’s policies can get voted through.

However, the Moderate Party has not stated it is open to leaving their alliance so far.

Mr Bali said: “The party is divided. The main party line is that we are not going to go into government with SD, but will stick with ‘The Alliance’.

“What I would like to see happen is a strong government that can build on conservative ideas.

“Personally I am not a big party strategist - I am a policymaker. We have a lot of important policies and for me it's most important that these policies are implemented, more than who presents them.”